Latest news

This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week  – which aims to raise public and professional awareness of perinatal mental health problems, advocate for women affected by it and help families access the information, care and support they need to recover.

As part of this year’s campaign, we’re highlighting two new ARC-led projects linked to maternal mental health, and a new training course aimed at supporting professionals who work with parents who’ve suffered baby loss.

Find out more by following the links below.

New, free training for professionals supporting parents who have experienced neonatal loss

Improving access to perinatal mental health in marginalised and disadvantaged communities

Mums share their mental health experiences as part of a new project to improve access to specialist support

New post – Research Assistant/Associate/Senior Associate, Health Inequalities

We’re looking for a talented and ambitious Research Assistant/Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work within our ARC and across all ARCs to support our national leadership work in Health Inequalities.

The post is based at Newcastle University.

Find out more and apply by 26 May

New post – Research Associate/Assistant, Public Health

Applications are invited for a Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work on a project funded via the North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) and based at Newcastle University.

The role is linked to the ‘Prevention including Behavioural Risk Factors’ Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Consortium.

The post holder will join the ARC national priority team evaluating the Enhanced Weight Management offer (the BWel project).

Find out more and apply

NIHR Maximising Impact Review – invite to attend workshop

NIHR is undertaking a strategic review, ‘Maximising NIHR Impact,’ to unpack how impact and knowledge mobilisation is supported and promoted by NIHR and other research funders.

As part of this, they are inviting ARC members to join an interactive workshop on Friday 20 May (2pm – 3.30 pm) that will take you through the ‘Maximising Impact Review’ and share learning and insights from understanding of the current activity across NIHR.

You will have the opportunity to discuss, explore and feed into the emerging recommendations of the review. The session is an excellent opportunity to learn more about and contribute to shaping the review’s recommendations.

Find out more and book

Call to apply for funding – to build community research consortia to address health disparities.

This opportunity is led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in partnership with the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH). It is part of the Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Disparities programme.

Projects should:

§  facilitate cross-partner collaboration with a view to establishing one (or more) community asset hubs, articulating hub structure and membership

§  scope whole or part of an integrated care system (or devolved equivalent) to understand the range of services, scale of provision, key stakeholders and existing partnerships

§  explore different collaborative models for integrating co-production into the improvement of health systems.

The full economic cost of the project can be up to £250,000. AHRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.

Register an ‘intention to submit’ by 4pm on 1 June 2022.

Find out more and apply

EVENTS

Save the date – Prevention, Early Intervention and Behaviour Change theme meeting

Thursday 19 May, 10am -11.30am

More information will follow in a future update.

Follow this link to register to attend

Involving the public in literature reviews and qualitative research

Wednesday 18 May, 3pm – 5pm

Hybrid event: Newcastle Helix and Online

This workshop will discuss the practicalities of how to involve public advisors in healthcare research, sharing the experience from two research projects.

The event will be useful for researchers at any stage and/or members of the public who are interested in public involvement and community engagement in health and social care research.

Find out more and book

Fuse Research Programme Meeting – Planning for a healthier future: Priorities and Practicalities 

Wednesday 18 May, 9.30am to 12.30pm

The Stephenson Lecture Theatre, Teesside University

Can we plan for a healthier future by intervening in the built environment?

This half day session will present perspectives on this topic from academics, practitioners and policy makers and will ask attendees to consider how we can effectively use planning to deliver a healthier future, and what the priorities and practicalities should be going forward.

Find out more and book

North East and Yorkshire Health Literacy Community of Practice – Launch Event

9 June, 10 am – 4pm

Newcastle University

Health literacy is about people being able to get hold of, understand, and use information about health, yet low health literacy is a common problem in our region. This event is to share thoughts, plans and activities to build health literacy in communities in the North East and Yorkshire areas of England.

Aimed at those from health and social care, voluntary sector, local libraries, universities, school education and community engagement who want to come together to raise awareness, take action and advocate for improving access to information and health literacy across our communities.

This event is supported by the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria

Find out more and register

Fuse event – Exploring and understanding access to community mental health and substance use services for people experiencing homelessness

Thursday 9 June, 9.30 am – 11.30 am

The Core, Newcastle Helix

This event brings together Experts by Experience (people with lived experience of homelessness, mental ill-health, and/or substance use), service providers, and academic colleagues to discuss research findings from a study exploring access to community-based mental health and substance use services for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event will showcase the co-produced findings from interviews with 26 people experiencing homelessness and 19 people who provide support – and will include an opportunity to see the findings brought to life as colour illustrations.

Find out more and book

Journey to Primary Care Research Event – hosted by North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) Research and Evidence Team

Friday 17 June, 9 am – 3.30 pm

Newcastle University

This is an event for researchers and all professionals in primary care to share new findings, ideas and networking.

Find out more and book

If you have any questions, please email  [email protected]

Transforming Evidence – online event series (external event)

Developing effective connections between research, policy and practice

7, 21 and 28 June – online (free to register and attend)

The aim of this event series is to grow understanding of intermediary organisations and share practical insights from a range of sectors and countries.

The series is aimed at anybody with an interest in intermediary organisations – in the public sector, NGOs, funding bodies, think-tanks, and universities.

Find out more and register

Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Network event

Delivered by the AHSN North East and North Cumbria

Thursday 16 June, 9.30 am

This event will focus on the work happening in the North East and North Cumbria. All are welcome.

Find out more and book

TRAINING

Last month we launched our new Virtual College Training Hub – which brings together hand-picked training and development opportunities for ARC NENC researchers, members and partners.

Take a look and browse the latest courses and resources

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) – Committee Chair vacancies

Applications are invited for NICE Committee Chairs. A Committee Chair ensures that committees take full account of the evidence in developing recommendations and/or quality statements, and considers the analysis and interpretation of the evidence prepared by the NICE team.

Find out more and apply by 19 May

Research Associate/Senior Research Associate Health Inequalities

NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR)

Applications are invited for a talented and ambitious Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work within the NIHR School for Public Health Research as part of the national Health Inequalities programme.

Find out more and apply by 26 May

Research Assistant – Northumbria University

To support a project exploring Criminal Exploitation and Serious Violence targeted at vulnerable people in Newcastle.  The project is being delivered in partnership with Newcastle City Council and Northumbria Police and with colleagues from other local universities.

Find out more and apply by 30 May

Last chance to apply: PhD studentship – Cancer outcomes in people with pre-existing mental illness (Newcastle University)

A new and exciting PhD studentship is available at Newcastle University linked to investigating and explaining poorer cancer outcomes in people with pre-existing mental illness.

The PhD will involve the analysis of ‘big data’ so would suit someone with some knowledge, experience or interest in quantitative data analysis.

Find out more and apply by 9 May

NIHR School for Public Health Research – Fellowships Competition

The NIHR School for Public Health Research have now launched their fellowships competition, full details can be found here.

The closing date for applications to both schemes is 12 noon Monday 27th June 2022.